“Half of American high school students are not familiar with the Holocaust.”
Dean Phillips
Democratic presidential candidate. a speech at Dartmouth College. Claim dated 13 Nov 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
Recent polls show that well more than half of younger Americans broadly understand that the Holocaust occurred, though those surveys show that students knew less about more granular Holocaust information.
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In short
Dean Phillips (Democratic presidential candidate) made this claim around 13 November 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 November 2023, 7 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=hZGsgJkR64Y
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